"Upscale" wrote in message
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The weapons inspections were working, and Blix was almost finished.
There was no need to rush in. What Bush did is create a record level
of anti-American sentiment not just in the middle east but
throughout the world. There will be blowback for years to come.

Maybe so, but on the other hand, it may discourage some countries or
individuals from actively pursuing that anti-American sentiment for fear
of
being attacked by the USA.


Exactly. That part of the world is ruled by whoever has the biggest stick.
They do not respect weakness (aka diplomacy when there is nothing to back up
the diplomacy).

dwhite